Daily Archives: January 11, 2016

LONDON (AFP) – British music legend David Bowie has died after a long battle with cancer, his official Twitter and Facebook accounts said Monday, prompting an outpouring of tributes. Bowie died on Sunday surrounded by family, according to his social media accounts. His agent Steve Martin confirmed he had ...

Legspinning all-rounder Todd Astle is in line for a limited overs debut after being named in New Zealand’s 13-man squad for a World T20 warmup series against Pakistan. Astle, who played one Test for New Zealand three years ago, replaces legspinner Ish Sodhi from the squad that swept Sri Lanka ...

Iran said on Sunday that it has issued the authorization for imports of automobiles produced by the American carmaker giant Chevrolet. The announcement has been made by the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran which says two of the company’s models – Chevrolet Trax and Chevrolet Aveo – have received the ...

Iran brings online two more operations in its biggest gas field, marking the opening of the first such project all carried out by domestic entities in the face of Western sanctions. President Hassan Rouhani attended inauguration of phases 15 and 16 of the South Pars field in Asaluyeh on Monday ...

As an aid convoy sets off for Syria’s southwestern town of Madaya, reports have emerged detailing the looting and exploitation of similar humanitarian consignments in the past by Takfiri terrorists in the area. According to the Lebanese al-Manar TV on Sunday terrorist groups, including the so-called Jaish al-Fath and Ahrar al-Sham Movement, stored aid packages delivered to ...

Following the recent Arab League statement against the Islamic Republic, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari says Saudi Arabia seeks to impose its own will on other nations to give the impression that Riyadh is not isolated and alone in its policies. “Saudi Arabia’s policy is based on imposing its ...

The majority of the Palestinians arrested by Israeli regime forces in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) in 2015 were children, among them minors under the age of 14, says a prisoner’s rights group. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Center for Studies said in a report on Sunday that the Tel Aviv regime detained over ...

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump says the path the United States is treading will lead to ‘hell’ unless Americans rise and vote for change in the November election. Trump on Sunday called on people at a downtown gathering in Reno, Nevada to register for the planned November 8 vote, saying, ...

Hundreds of people have held a protest rally in New Zealand’s most populous city of Auckland to voice outrage at Saudi Arabia’s recent execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and demand country’s premier to sever relations with Riyadh. Around 300 people poured onto the Queen Street on Sunday ...

Nigerian protesters have taken to the streets across the country to demand the release of prominent Shia cleric and the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky, reports say. According to media reports, the demonstrations were held in the states of Bauchi, Kano, Yobe and elsewhere ...